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COTURNIX COMMUNIS, Bonnaterre. 
THE QUAIL. 
§ 3017. Pen —Cambridgeshire, 18438. 
All these, in 1843, from the neighbourhood of Cambridge, where 
they breed in small numbers every year. I saw several Quails in the 
poulterers’ shops in Cambridge that had been shot in the Fens in 
December. They have been sometimes known to breed near Not- 
tingham. A variety has smaller spots than usual and more thickly 
distributed over the surface. An egg very similar to this, from the 
Fens, much puzzled Mr. Hewitson, as he informs me in a letter dated 
October 1843, but every intermediate grade between this and the 
dark-blotched variety may be found. 
§ 3018. Oxe.—Whittlesey (?), 1843. 
From Osborne, of Fulbourne. Deprived of colouring-matter by 
long soaking in water. 
[There is no doubt that this egg has no markings, but to judge from its 
appearance I should say it never had any. | 
§ 3019. Hive—Tangier. From M. Favier, 1847. 
Three of these marked “ Hemipodius tachydromus” 
M. Favier. 
on paper by 
[The other two were sent as “ Perdix cotwrnix,” which they all obviously 
are. | 
§ 3020. Zen—Cambridgeshire, 1851. 
From poor Tom Rawlinson [§ 1096]. 
§ 3021. Oxe.—Cambridge [no date]. 
[A remarkably small egg (1:08 by ‘85 inch) and closely freckled. | 
§ 3022. Six.—Cambridgeshire, 1852. From Dr. Frere. 
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